WASHINGTON (AP) — A spokesman for Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says the senator has been hospitalized after tripping and falling Wednesday at a hotel. Spokesman Doug Andres says the 81-year-old Kentucky Republican was attending a private dinner at a Washington hotel when he tripped. Andres says McConnell was admitted for treatment. In 2019, the GOP leader tripped and fell at his home in Kentucky, suffering a shoulder fracture. The Senate, where the average age is 65, has been without several members recently due to illness.